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Rails Around Helper (UT) (Images of Rail) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Sueann Martell, Western Mining And Railroad Museum
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1442419
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0738548065
Dewey Decimal Number: 978
EAN: 9780738548067
ASIN: 0738548065
Publication Date: August 29, 2007
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Product Description
In 1880, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was hard-pressed to find a suitable rail route from Grand Junction to Salt Lake City. With the coal deposits of eastern Utah luring them on, railroad officials chose a difficult route over Soldier Summit. The railroad established the town where helper engines were attached to the heavy trains, and Helper grew into a division point with branch operations that reached into the nearby canyons to serve the blossoming coal industry. Numerous smaller towns sprang up to service the railroad, and in 1912, the newly incorporated Utah Railway laid tracks to share the right-of-way with the Denver and Rio Grande. The
town of Helper is still a mecca for rail fans, and the story of its past lives on.
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